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BBC SO in music by Berlioz, Britten and Brahms. Plus BBC Singers in Elgar and Bingham.

BBC SO in Berlioz: Chasse royale et orage. Britten: Peter Grimes (excerpts). Brahms: Symphony No 2. Plus BBC Singers in Elgar's Benedictus and Bingham's Cloath'd in Holy Robes.

Penny Gore concludes her week of performances by the BBC Singers and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Today the BBC Symphony Orchestra performs music by Berlioz, Britten and Brahms. There's highlights from the BBC Symphony Orchestra's recent Total Immersion - Henri Dutilleux, performed by Guildhall Musicians, and the BBC Singers perform music by Elgar and Judith Bingham.

2.05pm
Berlioz: Chasse royale et orage (Royal hunt & storm) - intermezzo from Les Troyens
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC SO
Andrew Davis (conductor)

c.2.15pm
Dutilleux: Les citations, for oboe, harpsichord, double bass and percussion
Dutilleux: Ainsi la nuit, for string quartet
Guildhall Musicians

c.2.50pm
Elgar: Benedictus, Op.34'2
BBC Singers
Richard Pearce (organ)
Paul Brough (conductor)

c.3pm
Britten: Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

Judith Bingham: Cloath'd in Holy Robes
BBC Singers
Stephen Farr (organ)
Richard Pearce (conductor)

c.3.45pm
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major
BBC SO
Sakari Oramo (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC Singers and Symphony Orchestra

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Performances and recordings made by the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Orchestra

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